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EXHIBIT 3.2
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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
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ARTICLE I
SHAREHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1 - ANNUAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 2 - SPECIAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 3 - NOTICE OF MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 4 - NOMINATION AND SHAREHOLDER BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
(a) Annual Meeting of Shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
(b) Special Meetings of Shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Section 5 - QUORUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 6 - VOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 7 - VOTING OF STOCK BY CERTAIN HOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 8 - PROXIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 9 - PLACE OF MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 10 - INFORMAL ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 1 - POWERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 2 - NUMBER AND TENURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Section 3 - VACANCIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Section 4 - REGULAR MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 5 - SPECIAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 6 - NOTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 7 - QUORUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 8 - MANNER OF ACTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 9 - COMPENSATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 10 - INFORMAL ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 11 - MEETING BY CONFERENCE TELEPHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 12 - REMOVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 13 - RESIGNATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
ARTICLE III
COMMITTEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 1 - COMMITTEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 2 - MINUTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 3 - INFORMAL ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 1 - NUMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Section 2 - ELECTION AND VENUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 3 - REMOVAL; RESIGNATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 4 - VACANCIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 5 - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 6 - CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 7 - CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 8 - CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 9 - PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 10 - VICE PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 11 - SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 12 - ASSISTANT SECRETARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 13 - TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 14 - ASSISTANT TREASURER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 15 - OTHER OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 16 - SALARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 17 - SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE V
CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 1 - CONTRACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 2 - LOANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 3 - CHECKS, DRAFTS, ETC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 4 - DEPOSITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE VI
ISSUE AND TRANSFER OF STOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 1 - ISSUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 2 - TRANSFER OF SHARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 3 - STOCK LEDGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ARTICLE VII
FIXING DATE FOR DETERMINATION
OF SHAREHOLDERS' RIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ARTICLE IX
FISCAL YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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SILVERLEAF RESORTS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
ARTICLE I
SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1 - ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be
held in May of each year at the time and place as shall be designated by the
Board of Directors by resolution and stated in the notice of the meeting. The
business to be transacted at the annual meeting shall include the election of
directors and any other corporate business as may come before the meeting.
Section 2 - SPECIAL MEETING
At any time in the intervals between annual meetings, a special
meeting of the shareholders may be called by the Chief Executive Officer or by
the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer at
the request in writing of shareholders owning twenty five percent (25%) in
amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding
and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the
proposed meeting. No business shall be transacted at a special meeting save
that specially named in the notice.
Section 3 - NOTICE OF MEETING
Not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days before
the date of every shareholders' meeting, the Secretary shall give to each
shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to each shareholder not
entitled to vote who is entitled to notice by statute, written or printed
notice stating the date, time and place of the meeting and in the case of a
special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called,
either by presenting it to the shareholder personally or by leaving it at the
shareholder's residence or usual place of business or by mailing it to the
shareholder at the shareholder's address as it appears on the records of the
Corporation. Notice which is mailed in accordance with the preceding sentence
shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the
United States mail with postage thereon prepaid. Any shareholder may waive
notice of any meeting by written waiver filed with the records of the meeting,
either before or after the holding thereof. The attendance of a shareholder at
a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a
shareholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. No business shall be transacted at a special meeting save that
specially named in the notice.
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Section 4 - NOMINATION AND SHAREHOLDER BUSINESS
(a) Annual Meeting of Shareholders
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors
and the proposal of business to be considered by shareholders may be made at an
annual meeting of shareholders (i) pursuant to the Corporation's notice of the
meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any
shareholder of the Corporation who was a shareholder of record at the time of
giving of notice provided for in this Section 4(a) who is entitled to vote at
the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedure set forth in this
Section 4(a).
(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought
before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph
(a)(l) of this Section 4, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof
in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a shareholder's
notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices
of the Corporation not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the
first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting; provided, however,
that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than
30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from such anniversary date, notice by
the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 90th day
prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the
later of the 60th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following
the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.
Such shareholder's notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the
shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director all
information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in
solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required,
in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 as amended ("The Exchange Act") (including such person's written consent
to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director
if elected); (ii) as to any other business that the shareholder proposes to
bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be
brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the
meeting and any material interest in such business of such shareholder and of
the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (iii)
as to the shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on
whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, (x) the name and address of
such shareholder, as they appear on the Corporation's books, and of such
beneficial owner and (y) the class and number of shares of stock of the
Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such shareholder and
such beneficial owner.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Paragraph
(a)(2) of this Section 4 to the contrary, in the event that the number of
directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no
public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the
size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least 70
days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, a
shareholder's notice required by this Section 4(a) shall also be considered
timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such
increase, it shall be delivered to the
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Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than
the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public
announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(b) Special Meetings of Shareholders
Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of
shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
Corporation's notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of shareholders at which
directors are to be elected (i) pursuant to the Corporation's notice of
meeting; (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors; or (iii)
provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be
elected at such special meeting, by any shareholder of the corporation who is a
shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this
Section 4(b) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the
notice procedures set forth in this Section 4(b). In the event the Corporation
calls a special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing one or more
directors to the Board of Directors, any such shareholder may nominate a person
or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position as specified in
the Corporation's notice of meeting, if the shareholder's notice required by
paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 4 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the 90th day
prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the
later of the 60th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following
the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special
meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at
such meeting.
(c) General
(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Section 4 shall be eligible to serve as
directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of
shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Section 4. The presiding officer of the
meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any
business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Section 4 and if any proposed nomination of
business in not in compliance with this Section 4, to declare that such
defective nomination or proposal be disregarded.
(2) For purposes of this Section 4, "public announcement"
shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Xxxxx News
Service, Associated Press or comparable news service or in a document publicly
filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant
to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 4, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of
state law and of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with
respect to the matters set forth in this Section 4. Nothing
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in this Section 4 shall be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to
request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation's proxy statement pursuant to
Rule l4a-8 under the Exchange Act.
Section 5 - QUORUM
At any meeting of shareholders the presence in person or by proxy of
shareholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes thereat shall constitute
a quorum; but this section shall not affect any requirement under any statute
or the Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles") of the Corporation for the
vote necessary for the adoption of any measure. A majority of the votes cast
at a meeting of shareholders, duly called and at which a quorum is present,
shall be sufficient to take or authorize action upon any matter which may
properly come before the meeting unless more than a majority of votes is
required by statute, by the Articles of the Corporation or by these Bylaws.
In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the shares represented in
person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time not more than one
hundred twenty (120) days without further notice other than by announcement at
such meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present,
any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting
originally called. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or if
after adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder entitled to
vote at the meeting.
Section 6 - VOTING
Each share of Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote.
Section 7 - VOTING OF STOCK BY CERTAIN HOLDERS
Stock registered in the name of a corporation, partnership, trust or
other entity if entitled to be voted may be voted by the president or vice
president, a general partner, or trustee thereof as the case may be, or a proxy
appointed by any of the foregoing individuals, unless some other person who has
been appointed to vote such stock pursuant to a bylaw or a resolution of the
board of directors of such corporation or other entity presents a certified
copy of such bylaw or resolution, in which case such person may vote such
stock. Any director or other fiduciary may vote stock registered in the name
of such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy.
Shares of stock of the Corporation directly or indirectly owned by it
shall not be voted at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the
total number of outstanding shares entitled to be voted at any given time
unless they are held by it in a fiduciary capacity in which case they may be
voted and shall be counted in determining the total number of outstanding
shares at any given time.
The Board of Directors may adopt, by resolution, a procedure by which
a shareholder may certify, in writing to the Corporation that any shares of
stock registered in the name of the
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shareholder are held for the account of a specified person other than a
shareholder. The resolutions shall set forth: (i) the class of shareholders
who may make the certification, (ii) the purpose for which the certification
may be made, (iii) the form of certification and the information to be
contained in it, (iv) if the certification is with respect to a record date of
closing of the stock transfer books, the time after the record date of the
Stock transfer books within which the certification must be reviewed by the
Corporation, and (v) any other provisions with respect to the procedure which
the Board of Directors considers necessary or desirable. On receipt of such
certification, the person specified in the certification shall be regarded as,
for the purposes set forth in the certification, the shareholder of record of
the specified stock in place of the shareholder who makes certificates.
Section 8 - PROXIES
At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote the shares
owned of record by the shareholder either in person or by proxy executed in
writing by the shareholder or by the shareholder's duly authorized attorney in
fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation before
or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11)
months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
Section 9 - PLACE OF MEETING
The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or
without the state of Texas, as the place of meeting for any annual or special
meeting of shareholders. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be
otherwise called, the place of the meeting shall be the principal office of the
Corporation.
Section 10 - INFORMAL ACTION
Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of
shareholders may be taken without a meeting if there is filed with the records
of shareholders meetings a unanimous written consent which sets forth the
action and is signed by each shareholder entitled to vote on the matter and a
written waiver of any right to dissent signed by each shareholder entitled to
notice of the meeting but not entitled to vote thereat.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
Section 1 - POWERS
The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its
Board of Directors, which may exercise all of the powers of the Corporation,
except such as are by statute or by the Articles or Bylaws of the Corporation
expressly conferred upon or reserved to the shareholders.
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Section 2 - NUMBER AND TENURE
A. Prior to an Initial Public Offering.
Prior to an initial public offering of any of the
Corporation's shares of Common Stock, at any regular meeting or at any special
meeting called for that purpose, a majority of the entire Board of Directors
may establish, increase or decrease the number of directors, provided that the
number thereof shall not be less than one (1), and further provided that the
tenure of office of a director shall not be affected by any decrease in the
number of directors. As of the effective date of these Amended and Restated
Bylaws, the number of authorized directors shall be two (2), and the persons
serving as directors are Xxxxxx X. Xxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx. Each director
shall hold office for the term for which the director is elected and until the
director's successor is elected and qualified, or until the director's
resignation, removal (in accordance with the Articles and these Bylaws) or
death.
B. After an Initial Public Offering.
After an initial public offering of any of the Corporation's
shares of Common Stock, at any regular meeting or at any special meeting called
for that purpose, a majority of the entire Board of Directors may establish,
increase or decrease the number of directors, provided that the number thereof
shall not be less than five (5), nor more than thirteen (13), and further
provided that the tenure of office of a director shall not be affected by any
decrease in the number of directors. Pursuant to the Articles, the Board of
Directors has been divided into three classes with staggered terms of three
years per class. Each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of
the third annual meeting of shareholders following the annual meeting at which
such director was elected, provided, however, that each initial director in
Class I, as determined by the directors, shall serve for a term ending on the
date of the annual meeting of shareholders held in 1998; each initial director
in Class II, as determined by the directors, shall serve for a term ending on
the date of the annual meeting of shareholders held in 1999; and each initial
director in Class III, as determined by the directors, shall serve for a term
ending on the date of the annual meeting of shareholders held in 2000. Each
director shall hold office for the term for which the director is elected and
until the director's successor is elected and qualified, or until the
director's resignation, removal (in accordance with the Articles and these
Bylaws) or death.
Section 3 - VACANCIES
Any vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors shall be filled by the
election by the remaining directors at any regular or special meeting, except
that a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall be
filled by a majority vote of the entire Board of Board Directors. A director
elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of the
director's predecessor in office, provided that a director elected to fill a
vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall be elected
to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until the director's
successor is elected and qualifies.
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Section 4 - REGULAR MEETINGS
The Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of
officers and the transaction of other business as soon as practicable after
each annual meeting of shareholders. Other regular meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held at such times and such places, either within or without
the State of Texas, as may be designated from time to time by the Chief
Executive Officer or by the Board of Directors.
Section 5 - SPECIAL MEETING
Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chief
Executive Officer or by a majority of the directors. The person or persons
authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any
place, either within or without the State of Texas, as the place for holding
the special meeting of the Board of Directors called by such person or persons.
Section 6 - NOTICE
Notice of every regular or special meeting of the Board shall be given
to each director at least two (2) days prior thereto either by written notice
delivered personally or mailed or telegrammed to the director's last known
business or residence address or by personal telephone call. Notice which is
mailed in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be given at
the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail with
postage thereon prepaid. Any director may waive notice of any meeting by
written waiver filed with the records of the meeting, either before or after
the holding thereof. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends
a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any
business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the
business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special
meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of
notice of such meeting.
Section 7 - QUORUM
A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, but if less than such quorum is present at a meeting,
a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time
without further notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum
shall be present.
Section 8 - MANNER OF ACTING
The action of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at
which a quorum is present shall constitute action of the Board of Directors
unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by
statute, by the Articles of the Corporation or by these Bylaws.
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Section 9 - COMPENSATION
By resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed sum and expenses, if
any, of attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors
or of committees hereof, and other compensation for their services as such or
on committees of the Board of Directors, may be paid to the directors. No such
payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other
capacity and receiving compensation therefor, pursuant to a resolution of the
Board of Directors.
Section 10 - INFORMAL ACTION
Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if a written consent to such
action is signed by all members of the Board of Directors and such written
consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.
Section 11 - MEETING BY CONFERENCE TELEPHONE
Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting by
means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment if all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time.
Participating in a meeting by such means constitutes presence in person at a
meeting.
Section 12 - REMOVAL
A director may be removed, with or without cause, upon the affirmative
vote of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the votes entitled to be cast in the
election of members of the Board of Directors.
Section 13 - RESIGNATION
A director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the
Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless
otherwise specified in the notice, the resignation shall take effect upon the
receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or such officer and the acceptance of
such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
ARTICLE III
COMMITTEES
Section 1 - COMMITTEES
The Board of Directors may appoint from among its members an executive
committee and other committees composed of two (2) or more directors and
delegate to these committees in the intervals between meetings of the Board of
Directors any of the powers of the Board of
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Directors, except the power to declare dividends or distributions on stock,
approve any merger or share exchange which does not require shareholder
approval, amend the Bylaws, issue stock other than as permitted by statute, or
recommend to the shareholders any action which requires shareholder approval.
Each committee may fix rules of procedure for its business. A majority of the
members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business and the act of a majority of those present at a meeting at which a
quorum is present shall be the act of the committee. The members of a
committee present at any meeting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may
appoint a director to act in place of an absent member. The members of a
committee may conduct any meeting thereof by conference telephone in accordance
with the provisions of Article II, Section 11.
Section 2 - MINUTES
Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report
the same to the Board of Directors when required.
Section 3 - INFORMAL ACTION
Any action required or permitted to be taken at any committee meeting
may be taken without a meeting if a written consent to such action is signed by
all of the members of the committee and such written consent is filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1 - NUMBER
The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive
Officer, President, any number of Vice Presidents, a Secretary, any number of
Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer, any number of Assistant Treasurers and may
include a Chairman of the Board (or one or more Chairmen of the Board), a Vice
Chairman of the Board, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer and
such other officers as the Board of Directors may elect. Any two (2) offices
may be held by the same person, except those of President and Vice President,
but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than
one capacity, if such instrument is required to be executed, acknowledged or
verified by any two (2) or more officers. In addition, the Board of Directors
may from time to time appoint such other officers with such powers and duties
as they "shall deem necessary or desirable."
Section 2 - ELECTION AND VENUE
The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of
Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual
meeting of the shareholders, or as soon after such first meeting as may be
convenient, except that the Chief Executive Officer may
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appoint one or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant
treasurers. Each officer shall hold office until the officer's successor shall
have been duly elected and shall have qualified, or until the officer's death
or until the officer shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner
hereinafter provided.
The Board of Directors may, at any time, and from time to time,
authorize the making or adoption by the Corporation of special contracts with
an officer or officers for services of such officer or officers for a fixed
period and on such terms and conditions, and with such powers, duties and
compensation, as may be fixed by such contract, and may elect such officer or
officers for such term or terms as may be specified by such contract.
Section 3 - REMOVAL; RESIGNATION
Any officer or agent of the Corporation may be removed by the Board of
Directors whenever, in its judgment, the best interests of the Corporation will
be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract
rights, if any, of the person so removed. An officer may resign at any time by
giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary
of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the resignation
shall take effect upon the receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or such
officer, and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make
it effective.
Section 4 - VACANCIES
A vacancy in an office may be filled by the Board of Directors for the
unexpired portion of the term.
Section 5 - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
The Board of Directors shall designate a Chief Executive Officer. In
the absence of such designation, the Chairman of the Board (or, if more than
one, the co-chairmen of the Board in the order designated at the time of their
election or, in the absence of any designation, then, in the order of their
election) shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The Chief
Executive Officer shall have general responsibility for implementation of the
policies of the Corporation, as determined by the Board of Directors, and for
the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. In addition, the
Chief Executive Officer, together with the President, shall have the power to
determine the cash compensation of employees of the Corporation other than its
Senior Executive Officers.
Section 6 - CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
The Board of Directors may designate a Chief Operating Officer. The
Chief Operating Officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as set forth
by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
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Section 7 - CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
The Board of Directors may designate a Chief Financial Officer. The
Chief Financial Officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as set forth
by the Board or Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 8 - CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
The Board of Directors may designate a Chairman of the Board (or one
or more co-chairmen of the Board). The Chairman of the Board shall preside
over the meeting of the Board of Directors and of the shareholders at which the
Chairman of the Board shall be present. If there be more than one, the
co-chairmen designated by the Board of Directors will perform such duties. The
Chairman of the Board shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to the
Chairman of the Board or the co-chairmen by the Board of Directors.
Section 9 - PRESIDENT
The President shall, in general, supervise and administer all of the
business and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. The President may sign and execute
all authorized bonds, contracts or other obligations in the name of the
Corporation. In general, the President shall have all powers and shall perform
all duties incident to the office of President and such as may from time to
time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 10 - VICE PRESIDENT
In the absence or incapacity of the President, or in the event of a
vacancy in the office of President, the Vice President, if one (or in the event
there be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the
Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such designation, then in the order
of their election), shall have the powers and perform the duties of President.
A Vice President shall also have such powers and perform such duties as may
from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President.
A Vice President may have such additional descriptive designations, if any, in
the Vice President's title as may be assigned by the Board of Directors.
Section 11 - SECRETARY
The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and
all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings
thereof in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for
the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to
be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders of the Board of Directors,
and shall perform such other duties incident to the office of Secretary as from
time to time may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President,
under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. The Secretary shall have
general charge of the stock ledger
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and custody of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation and the
Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to
any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the
Secretary's signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The
Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the
seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by the officer's signature.
Section 12 - ASSISTANT SECRETARY
The Assistant Secretary, if one (1) (or if there be more than one (1),
the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors,
or, in the absence of such determination, then in the order of their election)
shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary's
inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the
Board of Directors may from tine to time prescribe.
Section 13 - TREASURER
The Treasurer shall have general charge of the financial affairs of
the Corporation. The Treasurer shall in general have all powers and perform
all duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such as may from time to
time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President.
If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the
Corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six (6) years) in such sum and
with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors
for the faithful performance of the duties of the Treasurer's office and for
the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurer's death,
resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers,
money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer's possession or
under the Treasurer's control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 14 - ASSISTANT TREASURER
The Assistant Treasurer, if one (1) (or if there shall be more than
one (1), the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of
Directors, or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their
election), shall in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the
Treasurer's inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
Section 15 - OTHER OFFICERS
Such other officers as may be elected by the Board of Directors shall
have such powers and perform such duties as the Board may from time to time
prescribe.
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Section 16 - SALARIES
The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the
Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such
salary by reason of the fact that the officer is also a director of the
Corporation.
Section 17 - SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
In the absence or incapacity of any officer, or in the event of a
vacancy in any office, the Board of Directors may designate any person to fill
any such office pro tempore or for any particular purpose.
ARTICLE V
CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
Section 1 - CONTRACTS
The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or
agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the
name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or
confined to specific instances.
Section 2 - LOANS
No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no
evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a
resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined
to specific instances.
Section 3 - CHECKS, DRAFTS, ETC.
All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation, shall be
signed by such officer or officers of the Corporation and in such manner as
shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 4 - DEPOSITS
All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited
from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust
companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.
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ARTICLE VI
ISSUE AND TRANSFER OF STOCK
Section 1 - ISSUE
Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be in such
form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Each certificate shall
be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President and
countersigned by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or
an Assistant Treasurer, and shall be sealed with the corporate seal. The
signatures may be either manual or facsimile signatures, and the seal may be
the actual corporate seal or a facsimile of it or in any other form. All
certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be cancelled,
and no new certificates shall be issued until the former certificate or
certificates for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and
cancelled, except that in case of a lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated
certificate, a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to
the Corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.
Section 2 - TRANSFER OF SHARES
Transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on its stock
transfer books by the holder of record thereof, or by the holder's attorney
thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the
secretary of the Corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the
certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares stand on the
books of the Corporation shall be deemed to be the owner thereof for all
purposes.
Section 3 - STOCK LEDGER
The Corporation shall maintain a stock ledger which contains the name
and address of each shareholder and the number of shares of stock of each class
which the shareholder holds. The stock ledger may be in written form or in any
form which can be converted within a reasonable time into written form for
visual inspection. The original or a duplicate of the stock ledger shall be
kept at the principal office or the principal executive offices of the
Corporation in the State of Texas.
ARTICLE VII
FIXING DATE FOR DETERMINATION
OF SHAREHOLDERS' RIGHTS
The Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date
for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote
at, any meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of
any dividend or the allotment of any rights or in order to make a determination
of shareholders for any other proper purpose. Only shareholders of record on
such date shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting or to
receive such dividends or rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any
transfer of any stock on the
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books of the Corporation after such record date fixed as aforesaid. A
determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting,
provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for
the adjourned meeting.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Subject to applicable law and the Articles of the Corporation, by
affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the shares of
stock entitled to vote, the shareholders shall have the right to adopt, alter
and repeal Bylaws. Subject to the right of the shareholders provided in the
preceding sentence, the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, alter
and repeal Bylaws.
ARTICLE IX
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
The Corporation shall indemnify, in the manner and to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any person who is or was a party to, or is threatened
to be made a party to, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether or not by or in the right of the Corporation and whether
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, by reason of the
fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or
that such person, while an officer or director of the Corporation, is or was
serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner or
trustee of another corporation, partnership, trust, employee benefit plan or
other enterprise. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the indemnification
provided herein shall include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement and any such expenses may be paid by the
Corporation in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or
proceeding. Upon authorization by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may
indemnify employees and/or agents of the Corporation to the same extent
provided herein for directors and officers. Any repeal or modification of any
of the foregoing sentences of this Article X shall be prospective in operation
and effect only, and shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification or
advancement of expenses hereunder existing at the time of any such repeal or
modification.
The indemnification and reimbursement of expenses provided herein
shall not be deemed to limit the right of the Corporation to indemnify any
other person against any liability and expenses to the fullest extent permitted
by law, nor shall it be deemed exclusive of any other right to which any person
seeking indemnification from the Corporation may be entitled under any
agreement, the Articles, a vote of the shareholders or disinterested directors,
or otherwise,
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both as to action in such person's official capacity as an officer or director
of the Corporation and as to action in another capacity at the request of the
Corporation, while acting as an officer or director of the Corporation.
CERTIFICATE
I, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, hereby certify that I am the Secretary of
Silverleaf Resorts, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"); and that the
foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws were adopted as the Bylaws of the
Corporation effective the 14th day of May, 1997, by the unanimous written
consent of all of the Directors of the Corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of the Corporation this 14th day of May, 1997.
(S E A L) /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Secretary
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